Garment hanger



July 12, 1949. H. L E V 2,476,051

GAR NNNNNNNN ER Filed Aug. 22, 1947 INVENTOR.

Patented July 12, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE' GARMENT HANGERHarry Lev, Chicago, Ill.

Application August 22, 1947, Serial No. 770,036

2 Claims. 1

My invention relates to a collapsible hanger adapted for supportingwearing apparel such as shirts, skirts, etc. The hanger herein to bedescribed is especially useful for those who travel, since it may bereduced to very small size for storage in a very small space.

The present hanger is simple in the extreme, and also inexpensive toproduce. It comprises essentially an endless band of spring metal,together with a strap which is extended laterally therefrom, the bandbeing manipulable to provide a hanger of figure 3 form with the strapserving as a pendant whereby the hanger may be suspended from anyconvenient hook or other support. The hanger is collapsible intodifferent forms, one being a circular band of one convolution, andanother a band of much smaller diameter comprising several convolutions.A hanger having these characteristics may be carried in the pocket or beplaced in hand luggage, according as may be found most convenient.

As a suggestive embodiment of my invention, reference is made to theaccompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective of thehanger ready for use;

Fig. 2 shows the circular band with attached strap, as it appears whencollapsed into a single convolution ready for storage;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a suggestive form of strap which in itsconnection with the band serves also to join the two ends thereof;

Fig. 4 is a detail in section, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 shows the device converted into a small band made up of multipleconvolutions; and

Fig. 6 shows the device as it appears when these convolutions are beingformed.

The hanger comprises essentially but two parts, viz. a band B which maybe produced from lightweight spring steel or other suitable material.The cross sectional form of the band is largely optional-it may be awire that is round, flat, etc. The band ends a and b are overlapped fora short distance where they are joined together, as by rivets II! whichalso secure the strap S thereto. This strap may be of any desired formand shape, but desirably is provided near its free end with a hole l2into which may be fitted a hook l5 whereby to facilitate suspension ofthe hanger structure from a fixed support, such as a bar, nail, etc.

When first produced, the device will be in the form of a circular bandwith a laterally extending strap, as shown in Fig. 2. To convert thedevice into a hanger, one side 0 of the band, which is opposite thestrap, is deflected toward the other and passed over the strap and downthereupon so as to lie in edge-to-edge relation with the band at thepoint where it joins with the strap. When so manipulated, the bandassumes the form of a figure 8 with looped arms d and e extendedoppositely. The strap is desirably formed with an offset portion 20proximate to the band to provide a shoulder 25 which serves as a barrierto prevent the crossed-over upper run of the band from sliding upwardlyand over the strap, thereby to resume its circular form which is shownin Fig. 2.

When opposite sides of the band are crossed, one behind the strap S, thedevice will serve admirably as a hanger for articles of wearing apparelashirt, or a skirt, for example. The strap then becomes a handle-pendantwhereby to facilitate carrying and suspending of the hanger. The loopedends (1 and e of the hanger are maintained in outwardly extendedrelation and oppositely with respect to the strap which occupies amedial position.

A second collapsed form to which the device may be converted issuggested in Figs. 5 and 6. In reaching this position, the band is givena twist whereby to produce a plurality of convolutions which may then becompressed axially into substantially nesting relation. Although thestrap may still project laterally, the compactness of the collapsedstructure is such that it may be accommodated within a very small space,even within a coat pocket if desired. When removed to be placed in use,the band convolutions will tend to spring axially then outwardly,passing through the stage which is suggested in Fig. 6 while reachingthe circular band form of Fig. 2. From this point on the band ismanipulated, as before described, to cross its peripheral portion 0 overand behind the strap S, as shown in Fig. 1, whereupon the device isconditioned to serve as a hanger.

I claim:

1. A clothes hanger comprising an endless, normally circular. fiat wireband of spring metal, a

rigid strap afiixed at one end thereof to the band and extendinglaterally therefrom, the band being looped at opposite ends to presentan elongated side opposite and beyond the strap for engagement therewithwhereby to provide a hanger of figure 8 form with the strap upstandingcentrally thereof for attachment to a support.

2. A clothes hanger in the form of an endless, normally circular, flatband of spring metal having secured thereto one end of a laterallyextending strap, the band being looped at opposite ends to present anelongated side opposite and beyond the strap for engagement therewithwhereby to provide a hanger of figure 8 form,

and means integral with the strap providing a stop to normally preventdisengagement of the band from the strap.

HARRY LEV.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,250,245 Angove July 22, 1-941

